1985–86 Alliance Premier League

April 2014 April 2014 Alliance Premier League 1985–86 Enfield (2nd Alliance Premier League title) Promoted to the Football League None FA Trophy winners Altrincham Relegated toLevel 6 Barrow,Dartford,Wycombe Wanderers Promoted for the next season Gateshead,Sutton,Welling United Kim Casey (Kidderminster Harriers), 36 Kidderminster Harriers – Wycombe Wanderers 8–2;Bath City – Barrow 6–0 Cheltenham Town – Kidderminster Harriers 2–6;Barrow – Runcorn 0–4 Altrincham – Nuneaton Borough 7–4 462 1377 ? ? ? ? ? ? 1984–85 Football Conference 1986–87 The Alliance Premier League season of 1985–86 (known as the Gola League 1985–86 for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of the Alliance Premier League. This was the first year where a team from the Isthmian League had been promoted to the APL, and this was the last season of the league under this name - starting with the 1986–87 season, the league would be renamed to the Football Conference. New teams in the league this season Cheltenham Town (promoted 1984–85) Stafford Rangers (promoted 1984–85) Wycombe Wanderers (promoted 1984-85) Final league table main WDL 5 QR ENF Enfield FRK Frickley Athletic KID Kidderminster Harriers ALT Altrincham WEY Weymouth RUN Runcorn STA Stafford Rangers TEL Telford United KET Kettering Town WEA Wealdstone CHL Cheltenham Town BAT Bath City BOS Boston United BAR Barnet SCA Scarborough NOR Northwich Victoria MDS Maidstone United NUN Nuneaton Borough DAG Dagenham WYC Wycombe Wanderers DAR Dartford BRW Barrow 27 10 5 94 47 -15 25 10 7 78 50 -16 24 7 11 99 62 -12 22 11 9 70 49 -14 19 15 8 75 60 -11 19 14 9 70 44 -11 19 13 10 61 54 -10 18 10 14 68 66 -13 15 15 12 55 53 -11 16 9 17 57 56 -10 16 11 15 69 69 -13 13 11 18 53 54 -5 16 7 19 66 76 -11 13 11 18 56 60 -9 13 11 18 54 66 -10 10 12 20 42 54 -5 9 16 17 57 66 -7 13 5 24 58 73 -8 10 12 20 48 66 -6 10 13 19 55 84 -7 8 9 25 51 82 -7 7 8 27 41 86 -5 C R R R red1 Relegation to the Isthmian League Premier Division RI red1 Relegation to the Southern League Premier Division RS red1 Relegation to the Northern Premier League RN complete Peter Dunk (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986–87. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald & Co., London & Sydney, 1986. 2 points for a home win, 3 points for an away win, 1 point for a draw. Results main FBR grey ALT BAR BRW BAT BOS CHL DAG DAR ENF FRK KET KID MDS NOR NUN RUN SCA STA TEL WEA WEY WYC Altrincham 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–3 4–1 3–1 0–0 1–4 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 7–4 1–1 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 3–1 4–3 Barnet 2–2 4–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 4–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 3–3 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 Barrow 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 3–4 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–4 2–4 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–4 1–1 Bath City 0–2 1–1 6–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–4 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–3 2–2 3–1 Boston United 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–2 0–3 4–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 5–0 1–1 Cheltenham Town 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 5–1 2–6 2–1 2–0 5–3 1–1 5–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 4–2 Dagenham 1–3 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–4 0–2 2–2 1–1 Dartford 3–2 5–3 3–2 1–2 0–1 3–3 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–2 5–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 Enfield 1–1 1–0 4–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–0 3–2 2–0 4–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 4–4 2–3 Frickley Athletic 0–0 3–3 2–0 2–1 5–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–4 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 Kettering Town 2–2 1–1 4–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–4 0–0 0–0 0–1 4–0 2–1 0–2 4–1 Kidderminster Harriers 0–2 0–2 2–1 3–1 3–2 5–1 2–0 4–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–4 5–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–2 8–2 Maidstone United 1–2 2–2 0–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–3 3–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 5–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 4–4 0–1 0–0 1–1 Northwich Victoria 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–4 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 2–3 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 4–0 Nuneaton Borough 0–0 4–1 0–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–5 0–1 0–3 0–3 1–0 1–3 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 Runcorn 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 5–0 1–1 5–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 3–0 2–3 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 Scarborough 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–3 2–3 3–5 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–4 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 Stafford Rangers 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 5–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–3 1–1 Telford United 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–4 4–0 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 3–1 Wealdstone 2–2 2–0 4–0 0–1 7–2 0–0 0–4 2–1 2–4 2–0 3–1 0–3 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 Weymouth 0–0 4–2 3–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 2–0 5–2 4–1 1–1 5–2 4–2 1–1 Wycombe Wanderers 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–4 4–1 3–3 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–5 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–4 1–2 1–0 0–3 Peter Dunk (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986–87. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald & Co., London & Sydney, 1986. England right 400 Locations of the Alliance Premier League teams 1985–1986 England 53.38 -2.34 right England 51.65 -0.19 right England 54.11 -3.23 right England 51.38 -2.40 right England 52.98 -0.02 right England 51.91 -2.06 right England 51.54 0.14 right England 51.44 0.23 right England 51.66 -0.04 right England 53.60 -1.27 right England 52.41 -0.73 right England 52.39 -2.25 right England 51.11 0.86 right England 53.28 -2.47 right England 52.52 -1.44 right England 53.33 -2.71 right England 54.27 -0.42 right England 52.82 -2.12 right England 52.68 -2.45 right England 51.59 -0.33 right England 50.61 -2.46 right England 51.63 -0.80 right Altrincham Barnet Barrow Bath City Boston United Cheltenham Dagenham Dartford Enfield Frickley Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Maidstone Northwich Victoria Nuneaton Runcorn Scarborough Stafford Telford United Wealdstone Weymouth Wycombe Greater London right 369 Locations of the Alliance Premier League 1985–1986 London teams Greater London 51.65 -0.19 right Greater London 51.54 0.14 right Greater London 51.44 0.23 right Greater London 51.66 -0.04 right Greater London 51.59 -0.33 right Barnet Dagenham Dartford Enfield Wealdstone Top scorers Source: Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total1 Kim Casey Kidderminster Harriers 36 2 Carl Richards Enfield 28 3 Mike Doherty Weymouth 25 4 Mick Carter Runcorn 22 5 Paul Davies Kidderminster Harriers 21 6 Nicky Evans Barnet 20 = Gary Hooley Frickley Athletic / Scarborough 20 8 Ken McKenna Telford United 18 = Paul Wilson Frickley Athletic 18 10 Graham Bennett Stafford Rangers 17 11 Mark Boyland Cheltenham Town 16 = Dave Gilbert Boston United 16 13 Colin Cowperthwaite Barrow 15 = Frank Murphy Nuneaton Borough 15 15 Tony Burman Dartford 14 = David Singleton Bath City 14 = Tim Smithers Nuneaton Borough 14 = Chris Townsend Cheltenham Town 14 19 Tony Agana Weymouth 13 = Noel Ashford Enfield 13 21 Phil Derbyshire Stafford Rangers 12 22 Bob Mountain Stafford Rangers 11 23 Stephen Claridge Weymouth 10 Promotion and relegation Promoted Gateshead (from the Northern Premier League) Sutton (from the Isthmian League) Welling United (from the Southern Premier League) Relegated Wycombe Wanderers (to the Isthmian League) Dartford (to the Southern Premier League) Barrow (to the Northern Premier League) Election to the Football League As winners of the Alliance Premier League, Enfield won the right to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1985–86 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows: Club Final Position Votes Exeter City 21st (Fourth Division) 64 Preston North End 23rd (Fourth Division) 62.5 Cambridge United 22nd (Fourth Division) 61 Torquay United 24th (Fourth Division) 61 Enfield 1st (Alliance Premier League) 7.5 As a result Enfield did not gain membership of the Football League. This was the final season in which the team who won the Conference National had to apply for election to the Football League, and from the 1986–87 season onward the winning team was automatically promoted, on the provision that they met the various conditions that the Football League set for all its members. References External links 1985–86 Conference National Results Re-election Results – The Division Four final league table, including the results of the re-election vote. 1985–86 5